A whiskey for bourbon lovers
Inspired by Scotland’s independent bottlers, this unique blend marries two American single malts with rye to create a whiskey for bourbon lovers
Like the seasons, this blend will change
Altar + Bloom
- Release: #8
- ABV: 57.9%
- Total Bottles: 204
Notes of: Plum, Dark Chocolate, Black Pepper, Maple Syrup
Grains: Malted Barley, Corn ,Rye, Wheat
Made with our friends:
Westland Distillery: Seattle, WA
- American Single Malt: 5 Malt Mash (Washington Select Pale Malt, Munich Malt, Extra Special Malt, Pale Chocolate Malt, and Brown Malt) aged for 7 years and 9 months coming from a Pedro Ximenez American oak Hogshead cask
Kennay Farms Distilling: Rochelle, IL
Rye: 51% Rye 44% Corn and 5% Wheat aged for 2 years and 7 months. Coming from a level 3 char American White oak barrel
Virginia Distilling Co: Lovingston, VA
Single Malt: 100% Malted Spring Barley aged for 5 years and 7 months coming from a Pedro Ximenez American oak Butt.
Single malt: 100% Malted Spring Barley aged for 5 years
and 11 months coming from a STR (shaved, toasted & re-charred) American oak wine cask
BLENDER'S STORY:
Coming off a personal high from the outcome of Ritual 5: Discovering Your Art, I felt I had done justice to making a complex bourbon expression that was wildly different than most of the bourbon I’ve tasted.
So I decided to challenge myself - selfishly - and use a majority of single malt in the next blend. I felt that if I could make something that checks the boxes for me as a Single malt enthusiast, but still hits familiar notes of Bourbon and American Rye, to get the best of all three worlds. And something that I can recreate time after time despite what components I have to switch up, then I have truly created something special.
Long story short, it worked, at least in my eyes. I’m very proud of how this first batch turned out.
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